Sunday, October 27, 2013

95 Theses for Christian Racial & Ethnic Unity: #91

Even
for God, reconciliation is not an event or an achievement, but a journey from “old”
to “new.” As Scripture recounts the specific shape of this journey, God is not
inviting us simply to affirm a list of abstract beliefs but rather to set out
on an adventure. If this journey calls for great skillfulness and discipline,
the most vital skill required is memory. When Christians remember well, we are
able to explore the story of God’s involvement with the world and to draw on
that story to locate and understand what is going on at any particular time
within that story. This is what makes Scripture indispensable to the Christian
journey of reconciliation. Scripture both forms Christian memory and shapes
concrete possibilities for life in the world. The more Christians are able to
ground reconciliation as a journey with God from old toward new, the more we
are able to recover the indispensable gifts that sustain that journey and make
it possible.